I am passionate about health, wellness, and bodywork therapies & my goal is to help others to feel & function better.

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I am insatiably curious and a perpetual student.
I am always learning more about the body: how it functions & malfunctions, what is affected with accidents, injuries & surgeries, and how to best help the body to recover & improve.

I have benefited greatly from receiving manual bodywork therapies and my desire is to be able to help others to also experience tremendous benefits from bodywork.

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Credentials: 

Associates Degree in Massage Therapy, Globe University

WI License #: 12192-146

Training: 

Globe University

• Swedish/Relaxation Massage
• MyoFascial Release
• CranioSacral Therapy
• Lymphatic Massage
• Pregnancy & Special Populations (pre- & post-natal, elderly, medically compromised)
• Sports Massage & PNF techniques
• Deep Tissue Massage
• Accupressure & Reflexology

Since graduating I have completed many multi-day training seminars, mostly in the following areas:
 

MyoFascial Release, Walt Fritz, PT

• Understand fascia in greater detail, how it interacts with & integrates with the other tissues of the body
• Identify & release areas of restriction in the various layers/depths of muscle throughout the body
• Special considerations for people with chronic & acute health conditions
• Precautions & Contraindications

Visceral Manipulation, Barral Institute

• Organs, ligaments, & fascia of the abdomen, pelvic bowl, thorax & the brain
• Ligaments of the bony articulations & tendinous attachments of the neck, thorax, & pelvis
• Identify the organs/tissues with gentle palpation 
• Assess/Evaluate the organ/tissue & identify areas of congestion, restriction, & low vitality
• Treatment of each organ/tissue
• How to "listen" to the body & follow its lead to the area of primary restriction
• Precautions & Contraindications
   

Neural Manipulation, Barral Institute

• The physics of whiplash & tailbone injuries
• Fascial membranes of the cranium
• Peripheral nerves of the upper & lower body
• Cranial nerves & nerves of the face, jaw, and head.
• Palpate, evaluate & treat:
  • Dysfunctions & restrictions of the pituitary gland, pineal gland, & hypothalamus
  • Fascial membranes of the cranium, the dura including dural tube to cauda equina
  • Muscular attachments of the upper neck to skull, often impacted in whiplash & tailbone injuries 
  • Femoral nerve, Sciatic nerve, nerve plexuses including brachial & sacral plexi, nerves of the arms & legs
  • Pelvic ligaments that compress sciatic nerve when they are tight or restricted
• Precautions & Contraindications
   

Manual Lymph Drainage, Chikly Institute

• Anatomy of the lymph system
• Develop the feel for each individual person's lymph flow & variations in anatomy
• Identify & treat areas of congestion
• Pre- and post- surgery treatments, including scar tissue release
• Edema , Lymphedema, & Lipoedema
• Special considerations for people with various chronic & acute health conditions
• Precautions & Contraindications